Jimmy
O'Connell
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 11, 1901 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 29 CIN NL $ 4,310,000   50 50 48 38 41 40 53 59 57 49 57 55 56 61 60
1931 30 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1932 31 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1933 32 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1934 33 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6
1935 34 NYG NL $ 908,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6
1936 35 CIN NL $ 499,999   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6
1937 36 CIN NL $ 499,999   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
1938 37 CIN NL $ 499,999   5 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   50 50 48 38 41 40 53 59 57 49 57 55 56 61 60
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 29 CIN NL 152 583 91 193 31 4 13 106 1 2 59 69 .331 .395 .465 .860 98.6 21.6
1931 30 CIN NL 155 581 105 166 26 6 13 70 30 18 86 64 .286 .380 .418 .798 92.2 18.5
1932 31 CIN NL 129 473 65 139 15 3 10 58 2 4 62 64 .294 .384 .402 .786 73.4 13.8
1933 32 CIN NL 103 231 38 67 9 3 5 37 11 1 20 38 .290 .362 .420 .782 35.3 6.0
1934 33 NYG NL 135 421 76 108 17 3 14 70 21 7 53 69 .257 .344 .411 .755 59.1 8.1
1935 34 NYG NL 48 75 12 19 1 0 0 6 3 2 8 12 .253 .333 .267 .600 6.5 0.3
1936 35 CIN NL 113 146 22 39 4 2 2 28 4 4 14 22 .267 .333 .363 .696 17.4 2.5
1937 36 CIN NL 71 55 10 16 5 0 0 5 2 2 4 13 .291 .339 .382 .721 6.2 1.0
1938 37 CIN NL 67 47 23 11 0 0 3 8 2 3 4 12 .234 .288 .426 .714 5.7 0.4
9 Years Sim 973 2612 442 758 108 21 60 388 76 43 310 363 .290 .370 .417 .787 394.6 72.3
162 Game Average 434 73 126 17 3 9 64 12 7 51 60 .290 .370 .417 .787 65.7  
Career Highs 155 583 105 193 31 6 14 106 30 18 86 69 .331 .395 .465 .860 98.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2052 361 602 84 16 48 303 58 36 245 264 .293 .373 .420 .793 316.3
vs LH   560 81 156 24 5 12 85 18 7 65 99 .279 .361 .404 .765 81.6
Home 478 1280 194 367 50 11 30 189 42 19 145 175 .287 .363 .413 .776 191.8
Away 495 1332 248 391 58 10 30 199 34 24 165 188 .294 .377 .420 .797 206.1
RISP   690 0 214 35 8 10 312 0 0 87 102 .310 .389 .428 .817 112.3
Pinch Hitting   233 36 70 11 2 3 48 5 2 27 39 .300 .383 .403 .787 35.1
Close/Late   347 82 115 14 2 6 52 0 1 37 48 .331 .398 .435 .833 57.3
Mar/Apr 153 425 69 118 15 4 12 70 11 4 48 51 .278 .353 .416 .769 63.3
May 164 462 77 140 20 3 13 79 11 11 55 63 .303 .384 .444 .827 74.5
June 159 432 77 121 16 5 12 62 10 3 44 60 .280 .352 .424 .776 63.9
July 157 466 88 149 27 2 13 74 12 7 49 67 .320 .391 .470 .861 79.9
August 184 464 73 131 17 3 6 56 17 8 63 66 .282 .372 .371 .742 66.5
Sep/Oct 149 363 55 99 13 4 4 47 15 10 51 56 .273 .368 .364 .732 49.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 29 CIN NL RF 149 144 1300.3 327 12 2 1 .994 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1931 30 CIN NL CF 151 147 1299.0 361 9 8 5 .979 2.56 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 31 CIN NL RF 119 113 1003.7 258 5 1 1 .996 2.36 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1933 32 CIN NL RF 44 42 337.0 86 1 2 1 .978 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 6 5 41.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 33 NYG NL RF 101 96 866.3 220 6 2 1 .991 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 5 4 45.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 3 29.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 34 NYG NL CF 7 7 59.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 3.36 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 7 6 51.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 4.03 0 0 .000 0  
1936 35 CIN NL CF 29 13 147.7 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.99 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 11 5 55.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
1937 36 CIN NL RF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 4 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 37 CIN NL RF 6 5 42.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 8 4 35.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 443 413 3680.0 941 24 7 4 .993 2.36 0 0 .000 0 11.7
  CF 213 181 1649.7 469 10 8 5 .984 2.61 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  LF 5 3 31.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   667 597 5368.6 1421 36 15 10 .990 2.44 0 0 .000 0 18.6
Career Highs   155 147 1305.0 362 12 8 5 1.000 3.67 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 29 CIN NL 6 26 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .308 .333 .308 .641
1931 30 CIN NL 4 14 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .214 .313 .286 .598
1934 33 NYG NL 7 22 4 5 0 2 0 5 0 0 2 3 .227 .292 .409 .701
1935 34 NYG NL 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
1938 37 CIN NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 65 9 18 1 2 0 7 2 0 6 7 .277 .338 .354 .692
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1932-8-.384
RBIs
1930-10-106
Stolen Bases
1931-1-30
1933-5-11
1934-2-21
Caught Stealing
1931-1-18
1932-7-4
1934-4-7
1936-6-4
Walks
1931-4-86
1932-5-62
Strikeouts
1930-5-69
1931-8-64
1932-4-64
1934-5-69
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/3/1930, off Vic Keen (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1930, off Johnny Werts (CHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/27/1930, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/4/1930
10/3/1930: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/25/1933 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 2/14/1934 to a 2-year deal worth $2,350,000 per year
Released by New York (G) on 10/19/1934
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 7/16/1935 to a 1-year deal worth $908,000 per year
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1936 to a 3-year deal worth $499,999 per year
Injured on 9/14/1936 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/20/1937 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks